Attachment for hats.



I To all-whom 'it may concern:

, ments for Hats,

ALFRED D. GLASCOCK, OF CHARLOTTE, NUR/IH CAROLINA.

I ATTACHMENT ron HATS.

B'e'itknown that l, ALFRED D. GLA'seooix, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charlotte, in the county 'of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachof which the following'is a specification. v

Thisinvention relates to a pressure relief device and ventilator for hats. y

Hats of ordinary constructionl are obgectionable in that they exert a practically uniform pressure upon and around the circumference of the head of the wearer, pressing upon the anterior and. posterior temporal arteries, veins andnerves and the supra- 'orbltal arteries, veins and nerves to such an extent as to obstruct the flow of blood through the arteries and veins, preventing proper circulation of the blood and producv ing various scalp diseases, baldness, paralysis of the Anerves andthe numerous disorders arising therefrom.

The'object of the present invention is to provide simple and eective means for application to a hatto relieve the parts referred to from pressure and at the same time provide passa-ges to secure ample ventilation.

rI he invention `consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, referencebeng had to the accompanying drawing, in, which relief device an Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section through a vhat embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a pers ective view of the pressure ventilator detached.

Referring -to the drawings, l designates a hat or cap of an ordinary er approved construction, provi ed upon the interior thereof with the usual sweatband 2.

.The pressure relief device and ventilator comprises a braid, tape or other suitable strip .3 of flexible material, which is arranged approximately'in the form of theV letter U/ to extend around the front and partially around the sides of the base of the crown of the hat. At its front portion this strip carries a pad 4,- and at its rear ends the strip carries similar pads 5. These pads are formed of felt or othersuitable soft material, and are applied on the outer surfaces of the braid, to which they are secured by an adhesive or in any vother suitable manner. They are of proper dimensions to extend ahw@ and below the braid and along the sur- Speccation-of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 6, 1908.

Patented tiret. 5, it-G9. Serial No. fil.

face of the same to a desired extent to produce the necessary pressure upon the head to retain the front portion of the hat in pov sition thereon.

The device is applied to the hat in the manner shown in Fig. l, the strip being ariinged between the body of the hat and the of the hat and rearwardly around the sides to the necessary degree, tue pads and 5 resting against the body of the hat and spacing the intervening portions of the strip therefrom. The device is preferably secured in position by providing the outer faces of the pads with a coating of `cement. o r adhesive material 6 to secure -the same to the hat body. 1 I

rllhe pad Ll is arranged'to bear upon the forehead between the supra-orbital arteries, veins and nerves, while the pads 5 ranged to beur upon the sides of the head between the anterior and posterior temporal arteries and veins. by which means the sweat-band will be spaced from-the head at the points between the pads toA relieve the arteries, 'veins and nerves from pressure, which is 'conned to the padded areas, tlius preventing obstruction to the circulation of the bloodthrough the arteries and veins and permitting perfect arterial blood supply through the scalp and hair and unobstructed drainage through the veins and relieving the, nerves from the ressure ordinarily produced. The separation of the pads in spacing the hat from the head over the blood vessels and nervesl provides spaces for the circulation of air to and through the hat,

thus reducing the constant over-heated condition caused by the average hat and adordiug ample ventilation to the scalp and hair. this means diseases of the scalp and nerves, ordinarily caused by the pressure and con fined heat from the use ci tight hats,` wiii beprevented. l f1. W

in practice, the device may be made t any size of hat, and the pads may bepiaced to correspond to specific points on the head to eifectivel perform tlielr function. They may be ma e to order to suit any particular form of hat or shape of head, and to suit different sizes and styles of stock hats, the adhesive surfacesoi: the pads permitting the device to be readily secured in position.

sweatband 2, so to extend around the front It will be seen Athat the invention provides a' device of the character described which is simple of construction, effective for theV purpose and susceptible of being manufactured' at a comparativelf low cost.

I-avincfthus fu ly described the invention7 whatis claimed as new is i The combination with hatl having a sweatband, of a pressure relief device and ventilator comprisi'n a strip of lexible material of uniform with throughout arranged in U-form between the hat body and band to extend around the front of said body and artially around the sides thereof, said strip enig arranged to lie in Contact with the 'band-and being provided on its outer face with oblong rectangular intermediate front and end rear padso soft material bearing against the crown of tliehat, said pads eX- tending -above and below said "strip and having their inner faces fastened to the outer side-of the band and their outer facessecured by an adhesive to the crown, substantially as and for the purpose described.

in testimony whereof aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Dai/in TEN Eroi; Huron W. M. Manns. 

